Public Sector Market Program Manager

Job Location - Remote but must be based in Colorado

SOVRA is a leading public procurement platform trusted by more than 7,000 government agencies and over 1 million suppliers across North America. Our work sits at the intersection of technology, public service, and accountability, helping governments operate more efficiently and transparently on behalf of the communities they serve.

What makes SOVRA unique is our deep focus on the public sector. Our solutions are purpose-built to solve real, complex procurement challenges, balancing compliance with usability and innovation. That commitment has been recognized with the Achievement of Excellence in Procurement (AEP) Certification from the National Procurement Institute, reflecting our high standards and impact in the market.

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The Community Manager is a market-facing role focused on the public procurement community of Colorado and the broader Rocky Mountain region. Its primary asset is credibility within the Rocky Mountain Governmental Purchasing Association; the trust and peer standing that come from understanding public procurement from the inside.

This person spends significant time in the field — at RMGPA events, in agency offices, and at NIGP chapter functions — building relationships that cannot be managed through a CRM cadence. They serve as SOVRA's embedded representative in a professional community that values peer credibility and makes platform decisions based on trust as much as features.

Internally, this person bridges Customer Success, Product, and the supplier side of the business — acting as the voice of the Colorado agency community in product conversations and as an early read on shifts in marketplace health.

• Product— to ensure the agency experience supports network health and that platform changes are communicated in context to the agency community.
• The supplier‑side team— to monitor Rocky Mountain supplier health signals and provide the agency-side context that explains supplier behavior patterns.
• Marketing— to support community presence, RMGPA engagement strategy, and agency-facing communications that reflect genuine procurement fluency.
• Customer Success leadership— to provide the health reporting that keeps the Rocky Mountain agency network visible as a strategic asset.

• Own proactive relationship management with Colorado's highest-volume agency accounts, building genuine partnerships rather than running renewal cadences.
• Conduct regular, value-reinforcing conversations with agency procurement leads that surface friction early and position SOVRA as a true partner in their work.
• Monitor agency solicitation activity as a leading health indicator, flagging declining volume or inactivity to Customer Success leadership with context and recommended action.
• Maintain a structured engagement map of the Colorado agency network — key contacts, procurement cycles, budget calendars, and signals related to platform perception.

• Serve as SOVRA's active participant in the Rocky Mountain Governmental Purchasing Association (RMGPA), the regional NIGP chapter spanning Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana.
• Attend and contribute to RMGPA events, education sessions, and the annual conference, pursuing committee or board involvement over time as credibility is established.
• Build peer-level relationships with procurement professionals across the chapter — as a knowledgeable participant in the profession, not as a vendor representative.
• Use chapter engagement to surface platform feedback, competitive intelligence, and emerging procurement trends relevant to SOVRA's roadmap.
• Identify and cultivate advocates within the membership who can speak…